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Equal Opportunity in America takes a step backwards
EDITORIAL
On Monday, the Supreme Court overturned a ruling in the Ricci case. They ruled in favor of white firefighters who had passed a promotional exam for captains and lieutenants with the New Have...
Recent attacks on immigrants tell us who we are
Guest Editorial:
By Yolanda Chávez Leyva
We need to speak out against the ugliness that is fueling anti-immigrant violence and taking lives.
The most recent example of how far some anti-immigrant peop...
Editorial: Southwestern College should be proud of accomplishments
yet trouble is brewing.
In these difficult economic times, education has taken a huge hit when it comes to funding. The California state budget passed this week cut $7.2 billion dollars from education...
How do we create a “missing ethnic girl” syndrome and inject it into American media?
Guest Editorial :
By Rolando Rodriguez
Question for the media: If Brisenia Flores looked like the photo on the left, versus her real self on the right, would have you done justice by her story? Would...
TEZOZOMOC SPEAKS
Breaking a bad streak: Last week it was reported that Congressman Bob Filner’s chief of staff Humberto Peraza had left the Congressman to go and work for SD city councilman Ben Hueso. Hombre, Humberto...
Police Chief Bejarano to lead the Chula Vista Police Department into the next decade
It came as a bit of surprise when it was announced this week that David Bejarano was the new Chief of Police for the City of Chula Vista. It would have been a bigger surprise if it hadn’t been leaked ...
The Hispanic community needs health insurance reform
Guest Editorial :
By Patrick Osio
The debate over medical health reform has divided into warring camps as to whether we should or should not keep the present system. Opponents claim the nation is hea...
Editorial: Mexico decriminalizes minimal drug possession
Mexico’s drug problem is out of control! This is not news. It is a daily occurrence and focus, in particular for border cities such as San Diego, where we are reminded of the drug problem daily. On th...
Providing Universal Health Care should be a common goal
EDITORIAL:
President Barack Obama gave his health care speech this past Wednesday. It was disappointing to hear a Republican Congressman yell out “You lie!” when Obama said no illegal immigrants would...
Ten years later minority contractors still receiving less than 1% of the jobs
EDITORIAL:
In April of 1999 La Prensa San Diego wrote an editorial with the headline “City of San Diego: Minority Contractors Not Welcomed!” This was after the passage of the Prop. 209, which dismantl...
Wild, Wild West Shoot Out at the U.S./Mexico International Border!
Editorial:
It was a late Tuesday afternoon, at the Tijuana/San Diego border, the busiest crossing in the world. As always it was crowded with thousands of cars and people crossing. Suddenly three vans...
Feasibility bill for a CSU campus in the South Bay is a win-win bill that should be signed
Editorial:
In the City of Chula Vista there are two long time dreams for the city that for one reason or another have failed to move beyond the vision statement. Those two dreams have been the develop...